Updated on 2024-05-20 GMT+08:00

Pregel Programming API

When implementing the init and compute methods in UserPregelAlgorithm, users mainly rely on the PregelContext object, which provides the following APIs:

Table 1 PregelContext API

Method and Attribute

Description

Remarks

ext_id(nid)->int

Obtains the user-defined external ID of the current vertex. Only IDs that can be converted to the int type are supported.

Basic operations on graph data (values and topologies)

value(nid)->int/float/bool

Obtains the value of the current vertex.

set_value(nid, new_value)->None

Sets the value of the current vertex.

out_edges(nid) -> List[int]

Obtains the list of outgoing edges of the current vertex.

edge_dst(eid)->int

Obtains the target vertex of the current edge.

num_nodes

Obtains the number of vertices in a full graph.

num_edges

Obtains the total number of edges in a full image.

send(dst_nid, msg)->None

Sends messages to the target vertex.

Data exchange operation between vertices

halt(nid) ->None

Sets the current vertex to the halt state.

When all vertices in the graph are in the halt state and there are no messages, or when supersteps reach the maximum number of iterations, the algorithm terminates.

superstep -> int

Obtain the current number of supersteps.